Nourishment
NOURISHMENT
Take a few deep breaths and consider what truly nourishes you. Kroma Wellness states that nourishment is “a holistic concept encompassing everything you need to support your health, growth,
A Mindful Moment
Noticing Trees
Whenever I felt stressed during college, I would sit outside and spend a few minutes looking at the trees around me. At the time I didn’t know I was doing anything mindful, but I always felt better after I did this.
Since then, I’ve learned that looking at trees, or even at photos of trees, can lower our blood pressure, lower levels of fear and anger, relax our muscles, and even reduce pain.*
Many aspects of trees might be what grabs your attention when you give yourself a moment with them—their colors, the ways their leaves sound in the breeze, how they look against the sky….
Try noticing a tree today and see what happens.
*Adapted from How to Train a Wild Elephant & Other Adventures in Mindfulness by Jan Chozen Bays, MD.
Additional Mindfulness Moments: (soon to come)
Adjusting to Changes
ADJUSTING TO CHANGES
Fall is a clear time of change—we can see it and feel it. It’s easy to tell that some of us, the boot-and-sweater-wearing crowd, are excited to
Mindful Kinship
MINDFUL KINSHIP
September is National Kinship Care month. Kinship is about connection. Our kin are those to whom we’re related, and also those who aren’t relatives but with whom we
Pausing in Doorways
PAUSING IN DOORWAYS
Pausing in doorways is one way to start easing into the back-to-school transition that may begin in a few weeks for the children and youth in your
Appreciating Water
APPRECIATING WATER:
During these warm summer days, you might find yourself making ice more often than you did a month ago, splashing with your kids at a swimming
Noticing Color
NOTICING COLOR
In her book, Joyful, Ingrid Fetell Lee notes that, “color is energy made visible…a vibrancy that lets us know our surroundings are alive and can help us thrive.”
Breathe and Smile
BREATHE & SMILE
In the face of stress, notice what it feels like to breathe and smile. Often, we’re smiling outwardly, at others or at something in the
Create Beauty
CREATE BEAUTY: Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
– Alice Walker
There are many small ways to create beauty every day.
What Do I Need Right Now?
WHAT DO I NEED RIGHT NOW
Pausing for a moment, and asking yourself what you need, can be a powerful way to connect with yourself.
Noticing Trees
NOTICING TREES
Whenever I felt stressed during college, I would sit outside and spend a few minutes looking at the trees around me. At the time I didn’t